In this workshop on governance of ecosystem services, we took a multidisciplinary view on the emergence, development, and use of policyinstruments and governance approaches designed of a sustainable provision of ecosystem services. In particular we looked at the processes leading up to theirdesign and implementation. This included the identification of particular socio-ecological contextconditions, fostering or hindering institutional factors as well as related interests and power structuresof involved actors, their expectations, promises and conflicts. Furthermore we assessed how the conceptof ES has been included in existing and newly developed policy instruments, and how this impacts onthe provision of ES and the conservation of biodiversity.[Full introduction to the workshop][Workshop programme]

You can download the abstracts and presentations here:Session 1: Setting the stage: An emerging paradigm for ES policy and governanceLasse Loft (BiK-F) & Carsten Mann (TU Berlin): Purpose and Structure of the Workshop: [Presentation]

Session 2: Overview of policy developments in the area of ES (I)Knüppe (University of Osnabrück): The role of ecosystem services in adaptive and integrated water governance and management systems: [Abstract] and [Presentation]

Session 3: Policy and governance design and use: Case studiesKleemann (ZEF Bonn): Framework for the analysis of drivers of land use change and consequences for ecosystem service provisioning in northern Ghana: [Abstract] and [Presentation]

Session 4: Overview of policy developments in the area of ES (II)Primmer et al. (Finnish Environment Institute): Ecosystem service governance and evaluating the effectiveness of arguments for biodiversity conservation. [Abstract] and [Presentation]

Berghöfer et al. (UFZ Leipzig): Training and Guidance on Ecosystem Services Assessments - Some Needs of Practitioners and Advisers in International Development Cooperation. [Abstract] and [Presentation]

Session 5: Policy and governance design and use: Case studies in EuropeSchleyer et al. (UFZ Leipzig): Opportunities and Challenges for Mainstreaming the Ecosystem Services Concept in the Multi-level Policy Making within the EU. [Abstract] and [Presentation]

Knickel et al. (University of Évora): Ecosystem services provision and biodiversity in European agriculture: political realities and the Chinese whispers problem. [Abstract] and [Presentation]